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His five part entry on YouTube and his interview with Magic Dick are invaluable points of reference. Indeed the end stabs in Whammer Jammer correlate directly with CottonвЂ™s version of вЂRocket 88вЂ™.ДЄcknowledgment to those who have gone beforeДЄ few years ago I discovered the semi-diagrammatic harp tab for Whammer Jammer on line compiled byВ Rick Barker.В It was a ground breaking project and remains a useful resource for anyone investigating the songвЂ™s structure. Magic Dick himself maintains that, although he drew on both Walters when building his technique, James Cotton remained his biggest influence. Further analysis reveals influences from James Cotton ( Rocket 88) and Little Walter ( Back Track), to Big Walter Horton ( Hard Hearted Woman). He also quotes the jazz horn greats (John Coltrane in particular) as being of great influence on his own playing. It was an harmonica epiphany.ДЇollowing the forensics, Magic Dick credits Sonny Boy Williamson IIвЂ™s Bye Bye Bird as his inspiration for the opening to Whammer Jammer. With a set list that included Homework, Pack Fair and Square and Whammer Jammer, the connection should have been blindingly apparent. I was even unaware of the influence the J.Geils Band had on my favourite UK outfit, Nine Below Zero. Worse still, IвЂ™d never heard of their harp man Magic Dick (aka Juke Joint Jimmy), the man with the sexy name and the crazy mane, who blew the back off his harps like a deranged pyrotechnician. I had no idea the Centerfold band played weapon grade R&B.

As the musical mayhem unfolded, my jaw dropped and I stared into space bewitched.

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Bluntly (being an Ozzie), he made it clear I was playing a Whammer Jammer derivative, and he duly produced his Full HouseВ LP to prove the point.Дropping the vinyl on the turntable and grinning, he guided the stylus to track four. However, a friend brought me tumbling back to reality and landing firmly on my arse. Innocently, I believedВ IвЂ™d established myself at the pinnacle of power harping. My Whammer Jammer tale begins many years ago, when I learned what I assumed was a unique harp instrumental called Swing Job by Nine Below Zero. Key of A major ten hole diatonics harps at the ready.

Like the lunar landing, or the fall of the Berlin Wall, every power harp fan can remember when and where they were first Whammered! So, itвЂ™s time to reminisce a little, do some research and then, with the help of modern technology, deconstruct the song for you. It is a power harping beast of the highest order. Originally recorded on the J.Geils Band studio album The Morning After in 1971, Whammer Jammer reappeared a year later on the classic live album Full House. HereвЂ™s the top entry in our вЂ I wanna play like thatвЂ™ hit list. One informed (and anonymous) source said 'his 45 rpm was his first and only album.You gonna get it all down, get it all night, get it all right, get it out of sight and get it down baby? Songwriter Juke Joint Jimmy is a legendary figure with the Geils crew, having also written 'Cruisin' For A Love' and 'It Ain't What You Do (It's How You Do It'). Playing against Seth Justman's honky tonk piano, Peter and Jay stay back so that Dickie can do his thing. Where a Stevie Wonder will make the harp a sweet sounding instrument helping him rejoice sentiments like 'I Was Made To Love Her', Magic Dick does the opposite, burning sounds into the consciousness as deftly as any great lead guitarist. Covered by harp player Mike Stevens on a 1992 release, this was the song that really put Magic Dick on the map as the quintessential rock & roll harmonica man. It's a short ( two minutes, twenty-one seconds) but lively cover of a Juke Joint Jimmy tune which allows Richard Salwitz, a.k.a. Geils Band's second disc, The Morning After, with a killer live take on their third lp and first stage recording Full House Live. The studio version of 'Whammer Jammer' is on the J.

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